Projectile for field-guns.



IVI. MUTRU.

PROJECTILE FOR FIELD GUNQ APPLICATiON FILED FEEL 5. 191i Paienxfod July 16` 12H8.

Applicaan le Fem-umm! 5, w Je'. Serial No. 3.

TQ `@LU/205,071 z'fu" mfag/ cmzcem:

l Be i known that i. MICHAEL MUTRO, subject Di' the Emperor of Austria, ifesifiing mi Chester, in 'the county of ifeiawai'e and Staeof Pennsylvania, have invented ce1'- taiii'new amd useful Qriipi'oveiixem'f, in :Priv jectiles for Fidal-Guns, of which the QUGW- inois a spcification.

x:This invenion mime?, m iinjectiis ami has Special reelence m a piojactii@ {ieii guns.

One impoitmit ujavct @i the inmmicn is to prm'ide fm iiikpioved 155mm of expiosiw www :md damage to tlf;

hoops in wi,

fii'/ci. i. #go f Another "50 www 0 which the @Vai u xviii' be Varig-- ,di iim primary bacini L Y consists im genemi of certain nowi daiis of Consmtuctim; ami combimftimm of paits her@ inater Emily msci'ibed, illustra-ted in iba specifically Pluiifmti.`

the amcmigjwsmying drawing, iik@ chan.

aci; of i'efaranc@ indicate like parts in jche Savard *wife/vifs; und

Fig. 2 is a Sect-imm 0n. the line Q--2 of Fig. 1.

In the embodiment of the invnticm heein iilustraed there is disciosefi a proj Lect/ii@ has# ing a` Forward prton 10 trmmating; m a nose l1 at one end and m a reduced plm Specimiom ai Letters Patent.

,fuse 1S.

.pendent im the rute of burning mi im volition.

3 is a section on tim' him SMB of Fammi" Y tiwi l ad; its, @ber and. @n Le @f the body l0 seem-ad i new J u by the heads M. This mmf befi'gf santiziiy cyifliiiicai in ofm emdris internaiiy 'abbQ-@d hm pitched ssiew hreads Mi f tiu'esided p :fi-hm 0i: ai ping* wmdiy extending Hangs' *die butt pfijeesiia. tziiiy' in this n fus pi SOW iiiwaiijg he'etiufmgli 'which is; in of tim piojeciiemid fuiuiimltze Gf mericiuj". Y

Intermedia'e the ends of 3m rmi. both* diem is provided a Subsantiszi @whit-imi through whim. extend the branches The Space between l and partition 2 is ilim W Nom when the projectiiae of the discharge wi iignf W this will communicate iii@ necesmj the fuiminnte :md time; to h@ pmcs 'time taken t0 r@ thi@ pmvdey i and 19. The effect 0f the expiosien charge mi powder Wii in@ w iixo'w 155 backward, and usually in fizigmii ping faiiy sepsu'ating from the because of the weakness the iin@ ti 1.5. Thus-3,' if tim projectile owishiin body ofi troopsthsy xviii receive the his charge from its real' end..

l @paced in from of vthe pm tion i is; az

23 iiied with Sinai. ei m this criiig extend Ehre; bruns HU diese. Manches a mi' mezfciiry primers Qfmi'n -iateialiy but the expiosjion of the @barge Q? Wii also blow the Wall fragments and siam@ nel rearwardly.

Fammi-d of the Putman 28 is fuse typified byvthe-coi1struotion shown :it

vIl() exact form herein s iiown and described but Ation of tliewalis may of 'the mveiitlon without departing from the,

centrati powdeioiiamber() filled with powder. 31 arranged to beiired,I by Je,,percussion 32. Surrounding this"cheiiiber 30 zuid iii'- ing the space between chamber and body Wall is shiepnei. ,l

/Vhen the pi: geetfe strifes a resisting object, 'usuoiiy tii iirst expiosioiis above referred ,to ktbe peioesfsion fuse sets off the Charge 33. with the resultant disruptering broadcast of these. Weils, and the shrzipnei I There has thus been pro-vided 2, simple and eiirieientdevioe of theoiririd'des'oribed and for the purpose specified,

it is made in the form and Construction materielprinciples thereof, it is 'there 'fore desired to eonine the .invention to the it is wished to ificiudeeii such come Withinithe scope Claimed. y

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, isgl. lo explosive' projectile consistingl of front eid'rezir iioiiow bodies connected' together .at adjacent ends, @ping-,closing the rear end-of the 'rear body eind readily'dees properly taohable rearwardly therefrom, a, powder charge resting against said ping, s partition intermediate the ends of 'the rear body, an

ennolus of shre'poei forward of seid pertition inutile resi body, ein explosive Charge mais of the body end theses# `obvious that.' `many minor 'changes filling the space forward of the partition .in the rear body left by said shrapnel, said explosive charge heying a. core of guncottou, zi partition 'betw'eeii the ends of tifefront body, zur explosive charge in the rear emi of the front body, eidmea-ns to fire the first eii` e thereafter re the second and third Charge.

explosive projectile consisting of i front and rear hollow bodies Connected together at adjacent ends, a plug closing the rear end of the rear 'body and readily detachable rearwardly therefrom, a" powder charge resting cagainst seid plug, a partition intermediate the ends of therein' body, un

,stimulus ofv shrapiieiv forward of said :partition in the rear body,`an explosive charge iilling the tion between tbe ends of the front body, an explosive charge the rear end of the front body, means to fire the first charge and thereafter fire the second and third charge, an explosive ohergein front of the `partition in the front body, impact actua-ted means for iiring the isst-mentioned expiosive charge, said irst-mentioned explosive charge havimg1 e core' of gunootton. v

n testimony whereof i aiix my signature in the presence of 'two Witnesses.A

E'JHCHAEL MUTRO. Witnesses:

@if CARTER, Mix Simmer.

space forward of the partition in the rear body eft by said sh'rapnel, e parti- 

